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"Mechassault 2"

Suh-weet!

First game I actually want for the Xbox.

Is there one?

Meh, there are 4 on PC already, plus a million expansion packs, all for cheaper and available now.

And Mechcommander 1/2.

Sweeet.

So what's happening with the Mech Warrior game that's supposed to be turning up aswell?

The sense of scale is dramatically increased - 2m tall human next to an 80m tall mech.

Ahhh!

That'll be so freaky sniping on a building with HUGE mech's going by...

Schveet! I've been perusing the OXM article a lot..

Features I have divined -

- 15 planets, 5 chapters of play
- Full online Live play for 16 people - 32 would be unbelievable, but 16's cool.
- Play in Mechs (with Battletech regulars like the Cougar, Vulture + Atlas etc)
- Play on foot - eg, eject from a mech and you will have to fight it out on foot with a rifle etc.
- Play in a Rommel/Tank
- Play in a Battlesuit - With a 'powerclaw' that allows you to hook onto mechs, buildings, vehicles (a la Scorpion in Halo), VTOL aircraft as well as a jump jet!
- 'Hooking' onto things allows you better line of sight (eg a sniper postion on a building), or even better, onto mechs to force their pilots to eject and even stealing them mid-battle
- Control a VTOL aircraft - i.e you can land your reinforcements anywhere and provide close air support for your ground based allies - VTOL, so it can hover and all that
- New graphics engine - looks sweet as
- 'Death From Above' move - jump jet onto other mechs
- On foot, run into buildings to steal documents and perform other important tasks etc
- New mechs such as the 'Raptor' (looks like a Raven mech)

I'm sure some of that is in the original, but this game looks sweet as anything!

Anyone want to sell/trade me a copy of Mechassault 1?

I love Mech Assault 1, all games are repetitive to an extent, wish I could afford/justify Steel Battalion, still just have to wait for Mech Assault 2 I suppose.

If you can tinker about with your Mech then I'll be happy. They should've put Phantom Crash online, the arenas would have been small but sweet.

Miles away. Christmas I think.

Meh.

Sounds good. What's the release date?

You run about in a little jump-jet suit, and latch onto the back of a mech. If it or a friend of its can't shake you, you can either force the pilot the eject or some such stuff, and thereby disabling a giant mech.

Anyone who's played a Mech game will know how annoying Powered Armor can be.